---
type: "Bill"
title: "POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial"
description: "POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial; Establishing the POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial; directing the Department of Management Services to designate space for the memorial’s construction and placement by a specified date; requiring the department to consider recommendations of, and coordinate with, specified entities regarding the memorial’s placement and design, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Florida SB 416 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public lands and property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-174"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8504560-ccf8-40b4-945a-e2afa78189fa"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/416/ByCategory"
source_hash: "255d36cb3d2a79e302796bed053da0302038674f0898756dd9efa8010f7cfd19"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 416 (2021) — POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial

POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial; Establishing the POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial; directing the Department of Management Services to designate space for the memorial’s construction and placement by a specified date; requiring the department to consider recommendations of, and coordinate with, specified entities regarding the memorial’s placement and design, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-174.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 416 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/416/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 416 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/416/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 416 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/416/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 02/02/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-02-02** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2021-02-03** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-02-03** Original reference(s) removed: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2021-02-03** Remaining references corrected to Rules
- **2021-02-03** Now in Rules
- **2021-02-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/18/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-02-18** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/21
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-13** Substituted for CS/HB 163
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-174

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8504560-ccf8-40b4-945a-e2afa78189fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).